Or am I just being an old fart?
Afraid so, IMHO. GPS such as G496/G696 with navigation, terrain, and wx, along with comprehensive graphical and textual online weather briefings greatly improve situational awareness and "look ahead" capabilities not possible with compass, chart, and radio. This reduces workload and frees up pilot CPU cycles to focus on more pressing issues, if any. It may be more satisfying to do it the hard way, but certainly compromises safety. And, there are certain new, but different, satisfactions to mastering the new way. Been flying for 40+ years and wouldnt want to go back to the (not so) good old days for anything. Nostalgia is great, but not on the flight deck, thank you. GPS is no substitute for pilot judgment - just gives more data on which to make a judgment.